Emma
200th-Anniversary Annotated Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
$42.70
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
18 November 2015
Summary
The culmination of Jane Austen’s genius, a sparkling comedy of love and marriage–now in a stunning 200th-anniversary Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Beautiful, clever, rich—and single—Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr. Knightley and attempts to arrange a suitable match for her protege…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143107712 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143107712 |
| Author: | Jane Austen, Fiona Stafford |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Edition: | 200th |
| Release Date: | 18 November 2015 |
| Weight: | 530g |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 144mm x 214mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions |
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Critics Review
“Jane Austen is my favorite author! … Shut up in measureless content, I greet her by the name of most kind hostess, while criticism slumbers.” -EM Forster
“Jane Austen is my favorite author! … Shut up in measureless content, I greet her by the name of most kind hostess, while criticism slumbers.” —EM Forster
Jane Austen
Jane Austen’s novels, though confined in scope, are elevated by her sharp wit and astute observations, placing her among the foremost novelists globally. Born the seventh child of a rector in Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, she was primarily educated at home. Early in life, she began crafting sketches and parodies of popular novels for her family’s amusement. As the daughter of a clergyman from a well-connected family, she had ample opportunities to observe the customs of the middle class, gentry, and aristocracy.
At 21, she started a novel titled “The First Impressions,” which would later become Pride and Prejudice. In 1801, her father retired, and the family relocated to the fashionable resort town of Bath. Two years later, she sold the initial version of Northanger Abbey to a London publisher. However, her first published novel was Sense and Sensibility, which she self-funded and released in 1811. This was followed by Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815).
Following her father’s death in 1805, the family moved first to Southampton and then to Chawton Cottage in Hampshire. Despite this more secluded life, Jane Austen maintained connections to the wider world through her brothers, one of whom was a wealthy country gentleman, another a London banker, and two served as naval officers. Although her novels were published anonymously, she garnered a devoted readership, including the Prince Regent and Sir Walter Scott.
In 1816, with her health declining, Austen wrote Persuasion and revised Northanger Abbey. Her final work, Sandition, remained unfinished at her death on July 18, 1817. She was buried in Winchester Cathedral. Austen’s authorship was revealed to the public posthumously by her brother Henry, who oversaw the publication of Northanger Abbey and Persuasion in 1818.
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